Linked Finance Backed By Banco BNI Europa
Linked Finance has secured backing from Portuguese digital bank Banco BNI Europa, who will deploy up to €50 million over a 2-year period to lend to Irish SMEs.Read more
Action Plan for Jobs Key Pillar of Ireland’s Brexit Strategy
Chambers Ireland has welcomed the launch of the Action Plan for Jobs 2017, which promises to create 45,000 new jobs by the end of this year.Read more
KDB Can Provide New Opportunities for SMEs
Chambers Ireland has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation Mary Mitchell O'Connor of the publication of a bill to allow SMEs involved in research and development activities to avail of the Knowledge Development Box (KDB).Read more
Business Barometer Monitors Mood of Midwest

Sixty-six per cent of small firms in Limerick and the Midwest are optimistic about their future in 2016, lagging behind the national average of 74 per cent. Read more
MFI APPROVED RECORD NUMBER OF LOANS LAST YEAR
Microfinance Ireland (MFI) has announced a record 50 per cent rise in the number of loan applications during 2015.
DIGITAL CONFERENCE FOR SMES

What is being billed as Ireland’s biggest digital conference for SMEs is set to take place at Cork's City Hall on April 7th 2016.
SME Feature - Bear Market
Bringing Quality Coffee to Market
Architects turned baristas Stephen Deasy and Ruth Hussey have placed a strong emphasis on producing high quality artisan coffee without the snobbery. InBUSINESS paid a visit to their coffee shop Bear Market in Dublin's Blackrock.

